ST. LOUIS — Police are investigating after two burned bodies were found several blocks apart Sunday morning in north St. Louis.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said homicide investigators don't believe the incidents are related at this time.
Police responded to the 5900 block of Emma Avenue shortly at around 6:15 am., near the border of the Walnut Park West and Walnut Park East neighborhoods. A burned body of an unknown victim was found in an alley.
On July 7, police identified the body as 47-year-old Antirrill Johnson.
Homicide investigators and the St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Unit responded and are leading an investigation.
A separate scene on the 5900 block of W. Florissant Avenue was connected to the investigation, police said.
Crews also responded to a house fire at 5:21 a.m. on the 4900 block of Thrush Avenue in the Walnut Park East neighborhood. The fire was put out within 30 minutes, and a man was found dead inside the home. A woman was also found suffering from burns in the area and was taken to the hospital.
Homicide investigators and the St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Unit are leading an investigation.
Anyone with information on either incident is asked to call the police department's Homicide Division at 314-444-5371 or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS(8477)
